Gonionota phocodes

Gonionota phocodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Gonionota
Species: G. phocodes
Binomial name
Gonionota phocodes
Meyrick, 1909

Gonionota phocodes is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Peru.[1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are purplish-ferruginous-brown with some undefined fine whitish-ochreous irroration, especially towards the costa anteriorly, and on a rather broad fascia from before the middle of the costa to the tornus. The hindwings are dark fuscous, lighter anteriorly.[2]

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